On September 28, 2010, Senator Baucus (D), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and 23 other Democratic and Republican Senators sent a letter urging President Obama to remove obstacles to U.S. agricultural and medical exports to Cuba.
On September 27, 2010, the Senate resumed consideration of a motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3816, the Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas. S. 3816 would establish a payroll tax holiday for employers moving jobs to the U.S. from overseas and create certain disincentives to moving U.S. jobs overseas. The Senate is scheduled to resume consideration of the motion on September 28, 2010.
On September 27, 2010, the President signed H.R. 5297, the Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, into law. H.R. 5297 contains various export-related provisions. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/27/10 news, 10092712, for most recent BP summary of H.R. 5297.)
On September 30, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a markup of S. 3804, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, a bill to address the problem of online piracy and counterfeiting.
On September 23, 2010, the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered favorably reported (i.e, approved) with an amendment in the nature of a substitute1 the Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 (S. 3767), a bill to establish criminal penalties for “knowing” violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated.